Sustainable biorefinery approach by utilizing xylose fraction of lignocellulosic biomass.

Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) has been a lucrative feedstock for developing biochemical products due to its rich organic content, low carbon footprint and abundant accessibility. The recalcitrant nature of this feedstock is a foremost bottleneck. It needs suitable pretreatment techniques to achieve a high yield of sugar fractions such as glucose and xylose with low inhibitory components.

Identification and characterization of chitinase producing marine microorganism: Unleashing the potential of chitooligosaccharides for bioethanol synthesis.

The dwindling supply of the petroleum product and its carbon footprint has initiated search for a sustainable fuel and alternate feed-stocks. One such underexplored feedstock is chitin, a waste derived from sea food processing. The limitation of insolubility and crystallinity inherent in chitin is addressed with the chitin hydrolysates.

Symptoms of piper yellow mottle virus in black pepper as influenced by temperature and relative humidity.

Unlabelled: Masking of symptoms in winter and their re-appearance in black pepper ( L.) infected with piper yellow mottle virus (PYMoV) in summer is common, especially on new flushes that appear after pre-monsoon showers. Plants of nineteen cultivars of black pepper infected with PYMoV but without any visible symptoms were grown in a polyhouse under natural conditions and in a greenhouse under controlled conditions from January 2019 to January 2020.